A staple of the Mediterranean diet

Australian researchers said this week that older people educated about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, Mediterranean diet, physical activity, and cognitive efforts are sufficient to improve cognition after an initial test of mild disability. I reported that I made some changes.

In a survey of 119 community-dwelling older people, half of the participants were offered sessions with dietitians and exercise physiologists, and general online brain training to improve cognition and lifestyle improvement. Access to information was provided.

Eight weeks later, those who received support showed “significantly higher” cognitive scores than those who were educated on all four topics only.

“Secondary analysis showed that lifestyle changes were caused by an increase in protective lifestyle factors rather than a decrease in risk factors,” said the Australian National University in Canberra. American Society of Geriatrics Wednesday.

The assessment was based on the University’s Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Index and Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale Cognitive Subscale, Pfeffer Functional Activity Questionnaire, Symbol Numeric Modality Test, Trail Making Test B and Category Fluency.

“Improvement of lifestyle risk factors for dementia can lead to improved cognitive function in a short period of time as the population experiences cognitive decline,” the researchers write. “The results of this trial support the conduct of larger and longer-term clinical trials.”

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dementia
Mediterranean diet